All of those sentences make sense to me... Maybe my wording isn't clear, sorry, I AM an engineer...
I think I understand what you meant, but (in my opinion) it is not "the very purpose of patent law to reduce freedom in the market". I hope it is not even A purpose in a free market model. An unintended(hopefully) consequence of patent law is to reduce some freedom in a limited fashion for some people for a limited period of time with the intended purpose of rewarding innovators and preserving the concept of personal ownership. That would be my "rose colored glasses" way of looking at this complex problem/solution. I know very little about patent laws or their effect on any business model and did not intend on joining the discussion. I just wanted to point out a post that I thought was unpleasant and to encourage people to air their opinion, biased or not. I threw in an opinion to not be completely off topic. Please, you folks that know something about this issue, carry on. --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote: From: Viktor Klang <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Software Patents and Joe bashing To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:58 AM On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Scott Melton <[email protected]> wrote: Not knowing much about anyone making the decisions(other than they are human, most of them), simply greedy, applied to this complex problem, would be an over simplification. A component of the problem? Sure. Assuming they are more knowledgeable about patent law than I am is a given. I can only hope that the process involves experts in the field they are ruling over with some system of checks and balances. A false hope maybe. If so then that is part of the process that is broken. The free market economic model is a lousy one, but it is the best by far. That sentence doesn't make sense. The very purpose of patent law is to reduce freedom in the market. A patent is a virtual monopoly, reducing manufacturing competition and process efficiency. Government intrusion on this model is a rarely helpful yet necessary weevil. Caution should be to limit it where ever possible. Opinion sent from my ASS phone. --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Mark Volkmann <[email protected]> wrote: From: Mark Volkmann <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Software Patents and Joe bashing To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10:49 AM On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Scott Melton <[email protected]> wrote: In a free and open society it is easy to find fault in complicated systems, just as it is easy to have a bias, pick sides and misrepresent the facts. One example in this thread, I may be wrong, but I think there is good reason for simplifying the patent granting process from who invented it first(which can be very difficult and costly to prove) to who filed first. Is the change a choice between the lesser of two weavels? Certainly. Infinitely more knowledgeable people than I made the decision. I will side with them until I become a patent lawyer or become so well informed that I can pass judgment on this complicated system. Why do you assume the people responsible for our current patent system are more knowledgeable than you rather than simply more greedy? -- R. Mark Volkmann Object Computing, Inc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- Viktor Klang | "A complex system that works is invariably | found to have evolved from a simple system | that worked." - John Gall Akka - the Actor Kernel: Akkasource.org Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
